Mediocre Quotes

352 quotes by 281 authors

A mediocre man copying nature will never produce a work of art, because he really looks without seeing, and though he may have noted each… — Auguste Rodin
Donkey Kong Country proves that players will put up with mediocre gameplay as long as the art is good. — Shigeru Miyamoto
Effort is between you, and you, and nobody elseI'm pissed off for greatness. Cause if you ain't pissed off for greatness, that just means you're… — Ray Lewis
At one time if you were a black writer you had to be one of the best writers in the world to be published. You… — Walter Mosley
What makes a nation great is not primarily its great men, but the stature of its innumerable mediocre ones. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
A mediocre failure is as insufferable as a mediocre success. Embrace failure! Seek it out. Learn to love it. That may be the only way… — Tom Robbins
A best-seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent — Logan Pearsall Smith
A sacred pride should grip us of not being satisfied with the mediocre but to strive (for we can do it, if we want to)… — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and… — Madeleine Albright
Just being a mediocre driver has never been my ambition. That's not my style. — Michael Schumacher
We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre... — Billy Wilder
One has to set high standards... I can never be happy with mediocre performance. — Patrice Motsepe
Listening can make the difference between a mediocre organization and a great one. — Lee Iacocca
The mystique and the false glamour of the writing profession grow partly out of a mistaken belief that people who can express profound ideas and… — Janet Burroway
I've accepted the fact that because I'm human, I'm terrific in one thing, good at some, mediocre at a bit more, and terrible at others.… — Bo Sanchez
Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre. — Joe Klein
Anything less than mad, passionate, extraordinary love is a waste of time. There are too many mediocre things in life to deal with and love… — Tiffanie DeBartolo
Better to fail spectacularly than do something mediocre. — Randy Pausch
I think, by and large, the level of acting is mediocre. When I go to the theatre, I get so angry. I don't go. — Uta Hagen
Bit parts in Mediocre TV shows won't develop your acting chops. — Stephen Collins

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